Duchess of Nollywood is ‘Revelation Of The Year’
Nollywood star actress Kehinde Bankole has played roles from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre UK to roles on blockbuster films in Nigeria.
A cast on Netflix original series by Akin Omotoso, Kehinde was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, as a twin to both late architect dad Babatunde Bankole and administrative secretary mum Titilayo Bankole, who encouraged her to begin informal drama and music training as a growing child along with her 5 other close knit siblings.
Kehinde came into limelight after her television debut on Nigerian drama series Super Story and wowed cinema audiences in her film debut as teacher Tawa, the prime target of a serial killer in acclaimed director Kunle Afolayan’s psychological thriller October 1 (2014) alongside veteran actor Sadik Dabar, Nick Rhys, Fabian Lojede, Lawrence Stubbings and others earning her Best Actress, Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (2015).
She featured on television as seductive housewife Kiki Obi on Desperate Housewives Africa, the Nigerian remake of the hit American series. Her stage credit includes playing Hermione “Oya” in “The Winter’s Tale” at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, adapted as “Itan Oginintin” by Renegade Theatre (2012), The Duchess (Iyalode) in “The Duchess of Malfi” re-imagined as “Iyalode Of Eti” by Utopia Theatre UK (2016), Queen Moremi as Queen Moremi by Terra Kulture Lagos (2019) and her own one woman play “Chronicles Of Iya Risi” produced by Sarah Lawal (Lagos Theatre Festival) 2017.
Kehinde keeps music close and co voiced the Lux-beauty promotion cover song produced by Cobhams Asuquo in Nigeria in 2009 as a Lux Brand Ambassador and Face, one of her few beauty pageant exploration adventures. The declaration of Kehinde as Best Of Nollywood’s “Revelation Of The Year’ Award Winner in 2009 for the Yoruba language movie Elerin-Eye has further served to spur the actress and budding film producer to working harder and searching towards “more”.
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